Assessing the Impact of Inflation and Penalty Unit Indexation on Fine Amounts in Victoria

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The aim of this report is to determine whether fine amounts imposed in Victoria have kept up with inflation and the values of penalty units. The report assesses how inflation and penalty unit indexation are accounted for in other Australian jurisdictions. It then examines the values of fines for the 30 offences that most commonly received a fine in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria between 2004–05 and 2022–23.

Authored and published by the Sentencing Advisory Council
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